{"id":2950,"date":"2026-04-20T08:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2950"},"modified":"2026-04-20T08:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T08:02:09","slug":"mikel-arteta-history-repeats-itself-winners-and-losers-as-arsenal-head-to-another-premier-league-failure-with-erling-haaland-and-manchester-city-showing-true-champions-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2950","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta, history repeats itself! Winners and losers as Arsenal head to another Premier League failure, with Erling Haaland and Manchester City showing true champions spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"B\">\n<div>\n<p><span>Tal Rehman, a die-hard City supporter \u2013 whose son is named Yaya Tour\u00e9 \u2013 created a buzz at Stamford Bridge by brandishing an Arsenal-emblazoned bottle in the stands, and a <\/span><span>support entrepreneurship <\/span><span>was spotted selling imitations of this bottle outside the Etihad on Sunday. So, while everyone laughed at the Gunners&#8217; inability to keep their cool in decisive moments, they ended up proving their detractors right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The label of \u201cbotlers\u201d (team that \u201closes its pedals\u201d in English), which the Gunners hate, therefore sticks to them. While City shine in April, averaging 2.5 points per game under Guardiola, Arsenal are melting in the spring heat with just 1.5 points per game since Arteta&#8217;s arrival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They squandered an eight-point lead in the standings in 2022-23, seeing their season collapse in April. The following season, after a 0-0 draw at the Etihad, they precipitated their fall by losing at home against Aston Villa. This year, they began April with a surprise FA Cup exit at Southampton, before falling at home to Bournemouth and, crucially, losing in the most crucial match of the title race. All is not lost, but they will now need a dramatic boost in confidence to get back on their feet.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tal Rehman, a die-hard City supporter \u2013 whose son is named Yaya Tour\u00e9 \u2013 created a buzz at Stamford Bridge by brandishing an Arsenal-emblazoned bottle in the stands, and a support entrepreneurship was spotted selling imitations of this bottle outside the Etihad on Sunday. So, while everyone laughed at the Gunners&#8217; inability to keep their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}